--- On Mon, 27/7/09, Paul Houle <p...@ontology2.com> wrote:
> OSM could replace, perhaps even
> surpass, the street maps in a
> product like City Navigator, but I'm thinking about
> the business
> listings. It seems to me that a free product could be
> provided on a
> basis similar to the Yellow Pages: it seems to me
> that it's worth it
> for businesses to be listed, so a project like that
> could pay it's
> bills by offering premium listings.
Don't ya just love a good chicken and egg problem. Yellow pages works because
it has both critical mass and usually a physical product is sent out.
At this point in time OSM needs businesses to embrace it more than it can offer
back to businesses, so charging them would be like a slap in the face.
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